Cosmogenic production of 7Be and 10Be in water targets

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Oct 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996jgr...10122225n&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 101, Issue B10, p. 22225-22232

Physics

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Hydrology: Geomorphology, Hydrology: Glaciology, Interplanetary Physics: Cosmic Rays, Ionosphere: Solar Radiation And Cosmic Ray Effects

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We have measured 10Be (t1/2=1.5×106 years) and 7Be (t1/2=53.28 days) concentrations in water targets exposed for 1 to 2 years at Echo Lake, Colorado (elevation=3246 m) and at La Jolla, California (140 m). Neutron monitor data were used to normalize the measured concentrations in order to calculate production rates equivalent to the cosmic ray flux averaged over four solar cycles (43 years). The 7Be production rates thus obtained correspond to 6.03+/-0.07×10-6 atomg-1.Os-1 at Echo Lake and 5.06+/-0.20×10-7 atomg-1.Os-1 at La Jolla. The 10Be production rates correspond to 3.14+/-0.18×10-6 atomg-1.Os-1 at Echo Lake and 2.68+/-0.47×10-7 atomg-1.Os-1 at La Jolla. When compared with 10Be production rates determined in 10Be-saturated rocks from the Antarctic and with theoretical calculations based on meteorite and lunar sample data, we find that the million-year average production rate is about 14-17% greater than the present production rate averaged over the last four solar cycles. Comparison with production rates determined by measuring glacially polished rocks from the Sierra Nevada in California indicates that average production (based on a revised 13,000-year deglaciation age and a geographic latitude correction) is about 11% greater than the average over the last four solar cycles. The measured 10Be/7Be production ratio in oxygen is 0.52+/-0.03 at Echo Lake and 0.55+/-0.07 at La Jolla.

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